Small Choroidal Melanocytic Lesions. Features Predictive of Growth

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1032-1039

  Singh, Arun D ^a   Mokashi, Aashish A ^b   Bena, James F ^a   Jacques, Rhona ^b   Rundle, Paul A ^b   Rennie, Ian G ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646914375     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.053     Document Type: Article

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